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Newcomers’ Guide: Climbing Grades

Earlier, we published a deep dive on how to...
Climbing grades explained

A Complete Guide to Climbing Grades

Simply put, rock climbing grades describe the difficulty of...
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A Guide to Climbing in Cuba

For travelers, Cuba offers world-famous musicians, unique cuisine, and...

The Women Who Are Pushing Ice Climbing Forward

As in mountaineering, there are still more men than...

Interview: Iker and Eneko Pou on Adventure, Technical Difficulty and Olympic Climbing

Brothers Iker and Eneko Pou share their love of...
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Kruder Sends Sharma’s Mallorca Deep Water Solo Test Piece Days After Schubert

This morning, Jernej Kruder confirmed via Instagram that he...

Villanueva O’Driscoll Solos Patagonia’s Fitz Traverse

Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll of Belgium has just soloed the...
Sarah Hueniken belaying Will Gadd on one of the lines on the Helmcken Falls

Elite Ice Climbers Flock to Helmcken Falls

At 141m, Helmcken Falls is the fourth-highest waterfall in...
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When we’re not outdoors, we get our adventure fix...
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New First Ascent on the Grandes Jorasses

It took two attempts, but climbers Giuseppe Vidoni, Richard...
Summit selfie of several climbers

Unclimbed Himalayan Peaks For Clients: A New Sales Strategy?

Some outfitters are trying to overcome the negative perception...
Yamada with sunglasses and red and back helmet speaks tot he camera, endless peaks in background.

An Attempted FKT on Ama Dablam: 5 Hours, 42 Minutes

On October 22, Toshiyuki Yamada almost bagged the Fastest...
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First Ascent of Hardest Route in Switzerland’s Alpstein Massif

In 2017, German climber Michael Wohlleben established the hardest...

M9-, WI6+ at 5,000+ Metres!? Slovaks Say They Did It

Climbing in Kyrgyzstan’s relatively unexplored Kookshal Too valley is...
Great Trango Tower against a deep blue sky

Great Trango Tower: The 1992 Grand Voyage Route

There is little shelter on the huge faces of...
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New Route On Uli Biaho Spire

A dream come true, says Francesco Ratti about the...

First Ascents of the North and East Faces of K7 Central

Notching first ascents on the North and East Faces...
Arnold enters an ice cave on Lake Baikal Photo Mammut

Weekend Warm-Up: Expedition Baikal

In January of 2020, alpinist Dani Arnold headed for...
Screenshot from Mammut's 'Marcel Remy - - 94 Years Old and Back to the Summit', Swiss alpinist on Miroir d'Argentine, 5C

Weekend Warm-Up: Marcel Remy — 94 Years Old and Back to the Summit

Born in 1923, Swiss alpinist Marcel Remy is now...
The headwall of Cerro Cachet. Photo: Mammut/YouTube

Weekend Warm-Up: The Search for Unclimbed Peaks

In November 2019, Swiss alpinists Lukas Hinterberger, Nicolas Hojac,...

Clint Helander: Two Alaskan Dreams Fulfilled

Mount Hunter's Native American name is Begguya, which means...

Biggest Bolted Climb on the Continent: New 33-Pitch Route Developed in Canada

Earlier this month, a team of four Canada-based climbers...

Second Seven Summits: Dykh-Tau

The Second Seven Summits, the lesser-known and more difficult...

Alaska Roundup: Denali Summits and Another Death

The summer season for Alaska and Denali officially began...

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